I noticed that the Yale university logo has the Hebrew letters "אורים ותומים" on it, i wanted to know two things:
1) Why is there Hebrew on the logo in the first place?
2) Why the words אורים ותומים (loosely translated: light and truth)
here you can see the logo clearly http://he.wikipedia.org/w...

So, for anybody who's following along and wondering, I checked with the Academia mods but they said it isn't a good fit for them. They're more about academic life than about specific academic institutions.

We all know the classical meaning of the words אורים ותומים (loosely translated: light and truth), referring to the Choshen Mishpat, I was wondering if there is another accepted meaning of the words when I noticed that the Yale university logo has the Hebrew letters "אורים ותומים" on it,
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How well received would a question on how well known parts of Judaism is go down?

Let me rephrase that: Some parts of the religion & tradition would be known to all practitioners and even to many who have only a passing acquaintance with Judaism; others are far more arcane, known only to the particularly learned. And there is much in between. Such is always the case for any religion and/or rich tradition.

How could I phrase a question about whether practice/belief X falls into one camp or the other?

For a simple example, how well known is the Jewish calendar? Would you expect pretty much anyone with a nodding acquaintance with Judaism to know what year it is?

@Scimonster Blue Laws are actually pretty common around my area -- some people who live in areas where there are a lot of malls like having one quiet day a week, when the malls are closed. Blue Laws for non-religious reasons.

@Shokhet Very hard to believe. I'd believe that the store was required to be closed or that an open store was prohibited from selling liquor or something else that may offend church-going sensibilities, but I've never heard of and cannot fathom an American blue law that specifically prohibits the sale of medicine.

@IsaacMoses I wrote up a Q/A set on that idea, because I always wondered about that, and I learned that Mishna Berura for the first time today. I searched for that question, didn't find it on the first pass.....but I decided I'd check again before posting. Good thing too :)

@IsaacMoses What do you think about this question? What can we do to make it clearer, given the information now in the question?

If someone left something at the dry-cleaners', for example, and later returned to pick it up, but it seems to not be the same item that they left, what does halacha say about resolving it?
Both the customer and businessman insist they are in the right - the customer that the item is not theirs,...

If I manually reply to my own chat message, by copying the message ID, it sends me a notification anyways. Thing is, I already know that I've replied, as it was me doing the replying.
If it's not too much work, could this be special-cased to not bother me about it?

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@Shokhet blue laws are very much alive in some parts of the US, despite separation of church and state. The Christian idea of Shabbat AFAIK doesn't extend to melacha, though; watching the Sunday-afternoon game is common, for instance. They just don't want people to go to work, because they should be home with their families. But cooking a big dinner, relaxing in front of the TV, etc are all fine.

In PA until fairly recently, liquor stores and I think beer distributors were not permitted to be open on Sunday. Fortunately the kosher grocery that also sells wine is allowed to be open then. The state liquor control board (yes you read that right) is now experimenting with limited Sunday sales; a few stores are now allowed to open. (All wine/liquor sales are through state-owned stores.)

@IsaacMoses huh, that's not the expansion of "RFP" I'm used to. I was like "wait, where's the proposal?". :-)

@MonicaCellio I don't actually know if it's just Baltimore, because I think some other places in MD don't have blue laws. It could also be that at some point they ended them but 7 Mile decided not to change.

@IsaacMoses by the way, one thing changed in the last decade (not sure when or why). I used to be that when I bought wine at the kosher grocery I had to fill out a form with my name, address, and congregation. Then one day that stopped.

@IsaacMoses if there's going to be a celebration I'm contemplating driving down for it. Driving myself would probably mean staying until Sunday morning (because night-time driving). If it's just me I wouldn't want to create an awkward imposition, though.